Providing a tip and weekly rubbish collection is one of the basics for having a municipal council. The change to " wheelie bins " was a huge improvement on the old system where a gang of chasers manhandled metal bins to tip rubbish into the back of a council truck.
In addition to a weekly rubbish collection, our council provides a now annual free kerbside pick-up of unwanted goods that do not fit into the wheelie bin system - and that is undergoing change.
Up until now, suburbs received a two week schedule of timing to place rubbish kerbside. Now the council is trialling removal on a " by appointment " basis. It is possible that this will replace the old system if it is deemed successful.
The problem is that council has been steadily reducing the items it is prepared to take for free - and obviously this list will still apply if the by appointment style rubbish collection is implemented.
Whitegoods are no longer acceptable, as are car tyres, tins of paint, television sets or computers and their accessories - and now mattresses have been added to the refusal list.
Ratepayers could harbour a suspicion that this is the first step in dispensing with the free annual rubbish pick-up - and that further down the track that " by appointment " arrangement could involve a fee.
Judging by the incredible charge at the gate to take rubbish to the local tip - that free annual pick-up must he high on the list of cost savings being considered by council !
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